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Life Is A Cabaret (Schitt's Creek)
"Life Is a Cabaret" is the fourteenth and final episode of the fifth season of the Canadian television sitcom ''Schitt's Creek''. In the episode, Patrick and Stevie perform in a local rendition of the musical ''Cabaret''. Reception Maggie Fremont of Vulture.com rated the episode 5 out of 5 stars. The episode received seven Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for Best Costume Design (Debra Hanson), Best Photography in a Comedy Series (Gerald Packer), Best Picture Editing in a Comedy Series (Trevor Ambrose), Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series (Brendan Smith), Best Sound in a Fiction Program or Series (Rob Hegedus, Kathy Choi, Herwig Gayer, Martin Lee and Jane Tattersall), Best Hairstyling (Annastasia Cucullo and Ana Sorys) and Best Direction in a Comedy Series ( Dan Levy and Andrew Cividino). Cucullo and Sorys won the award for Best Hairstyling.Brent Furdyk"Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schitt's Creek
''Schitt's Creek'' (stylized as ''Schitt$ Creek'') is a Canadian television sitcom created by Dan Levy and his father, Eugene Levy, that aired on CBC Television from 2015 to 2020. It consists of 80 episodes spread over six seasons. Produced by Not a Real Company Productions and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it follows the trials and tribulations of the formerly wealthy Rose family. After their business manager embezzles the family business, Rose Video, the family loses its fortune and relocates to Schitt's Creek, a small town they once purchased as a joke. Now living in a motel, Johnny (Eugene Levy) and Moira ( Catherine O'Hara)—along with their adult children, David (Dan Levy) and Alexis (Annie Murphy)—must adjust to life without wealth. The series concept came from Dan Levy, who wondered how wealthy families, as frequently depicted on American reality television, would react if they lost all their money. He developed the series with his father, Eugene, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Levy (Canadian Actor)
Daniel Joseph Levy (born 9 August 1983) is a Canadian actor, writer and producer. Born in Toronto to parents Eugene Levy and Deborah Divine, he began his career as a television host on MTV Canada. He received international prominence and critical acclaim for starring as David Rose in the CBC sitcom ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020), which he co-created with his father and co-starred in with him and his sister, Sarah Levy. For producing, writing, directing, and acting in the final season of ''Schitt's Creek'', Levy became the first person to win a Primetime Emmy Award in all four major disciplines in a single year. His work on the show also earned him four Canadian Screen Awards out of 18 nominations, among other accolades. Early life Levy was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended high school at North Toronto Collegiate Institute and later pursued film production at York University and Ryerson University. His father is Jewish and his mother is Protestant. Levy had a bar m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Cividino
Andrew Cividino (born 1983) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter."Big buzz at Cannes for Canadian auteur's coming-of-age yarn". ''Montreal Gazette'', May 22, 2015. He is best known for his feature film directorial debut '' Sleeping Giant'', which premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and for his frequent work as a director on the Emmy winning comedy '' Schitt's Creek'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life Originally from Dundas, Ontario, Cividino frequently spent childhood summers in the Sibley Peninsula region near Thunder Bay. Career After studying film at Ryerson University, Cividino made several short films, including ''Norbert'' (2007), '' We Ate the Children Last'' (2011) and ''Yellow Fish'' (2012). In 2006, he won the Ontario Film Review Board's student film competition. In 2011, Telefilm included him on its annual Talent to Watch panel, and his short ''We Ate the Children Last'' made TIFF's Top 10 Shorts lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Brunton
Colin Brunton (born 1955) is a Canadian producer and director. Brunton was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After creating the short films ''The Last Pogo'' (1978), '' A Trip Around Lake Ontario'' (1988) and '' The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada'' (1989), Genie Award winner for Best Live Action Short), Brunton produced the feature films ''Roadkill'' (1989) and '' Highway 61'' (1990) with director Bruce McDonald. Brunton then went on to become the first executive director of The Feature Film Project, an initiative of Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre. Encouraging filmmakers to take risks, and giving them complete artistic freedom, from 1991 to 1995 he developed and then executive produced five feature films by first-time directors, producers and writers: '' Blood & Donuts'', ''Cube'', '' Rude'', ''Shoemaker'', and ''House''. While faring poorly at the box office, they garnered generally favorable critical praise, and in two cases launched the healthy careers of two new d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willkommen
"Willkommen" is a song from the 1966 musical ''Cabaret''. It is performed by The Emcee. The music was written by John Kander; the lyrics by Fred Ebb. Production John Kander explained "With Cabaret, we were trying to find the piece, to write our way into it. The first thing we wrote was 'Willkommen' and the very first thing that ever happened was that little vamp." The finale, "Auf Wiedersehen", mixes elements of "Willkommen" and "Cabaret". Synopsis The song is "the Emcee’s sardonic introduction" to the Kit Kat Klub, and is set within the cabaret itself. Analysis Filmsite notes this "cheery greeting in German, French and English" contains "three languages to suit the club's cosmopolitan clientele ndanticipates future hostilities between the three nationalities during wartime". H2G2 writes The Emcee "Immediately evok sthe decadent, cosmopolitan atmosphere of 1930s Berlin. 'In here, life is beautiful, the girls are beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful... we have no trou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybe This Time (song)
"Maybe This Time" is a song written by John Kander and Fred Ebb for actress Kaye Ballard. It was later included in the 1972 film ''Cabaret'', where it is sung by the character Sally Bowles, played by Liza Minnelli. It had already been recorded and released twice, in similar arrangements, on Minnelli's debut studio album ''Liza! Liza!'' (1964), and subsequently '' New Feelin''' (1970), but it turned into a traditional pop standard after its 1972 inclusion in ''Cabaret''. Production Though originally written in 1964 for a different purpose, the song was put into the 1972 film version of the 1966 ''Cabaret'' musical. This is one of "two numbers that were added only in 1998, after they were used in the movie", along with "Mein Herr". Analysis ''The Telegraph'' explained that the song should have an air of "desperate hope" and that Bowles should feel like "someone teetering on the edge of despair." ''Talkin' Broadway'' said Maybe this Time' serving as Sally's internal monologue in re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabaret (musical)
''Cabaret'' is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. The musical was based on John Van Druten's 1951 play '' I Am a Camera'' which was adapted from '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood which drew upon his experiences in the poverty-stricken Weimar Republic and his intimate friendship with nineteen-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross. Set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis are ascending to power, the musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A subplot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub, and the club itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award
The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the awards recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger of the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards—the Academy's previous awards presentations for television (English-language) and film productions. They are widely considered to be the most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers, often referred to as the equivalent of the Oscars and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the César Awards in France and the Goya Awards in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Canadian Screen Awards
The 8th annual Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019."Alex Trebek among special 2020 Canadian Academy award recipients" '''', December 5, 2019. As in prior years, the awards in many of the technical and craft categories would have been presented in a series of advance Canadian Screen Week galas in the week before the main ceremony. Nominations were announced by the |
Jane Tattersall
Jane Tattersall is a Canadian sound editor, most noted as a six-time Genie Award and Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Sound Editing.Jim Bawden, "Award-winning editor gives audiences a real earful ; Jane Tattersall is getting noticed for her sound work". ''Toronto Star'', April 16, 2000. Born in England, Tattersall moved with her family to Canada in childhood, and was educated at Queen's University. She worked as a researcher for TVOntario documentaries before apprenticing as a sound editor, and formed her own company, Tattersall Sound, in 1992. In 2000 the company merged with Casablanca Sound & Picture, a division of Alliance Atlantis, to form Tattersall Casablanca.Mark Dillon"Tattersall quits Tattersall Casablanca" '' Playback'', March 17, 2003. She left her position as president of TC in 2003, returning to freelance sound editing work. Her first Genie win was for ''Naked Lunch'', a film for which she notably had to stick her hand into a jar of cockroaches to achieve the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Tonight Canada
''ET Canada'' (previously referred to as ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'') is a Canadian entertainment news television series, using the same format as the American entertainment newsmagazine '' Entertainment Tonight''. ''ET Canada'' is a broadcast show that airs back-to-back with the American version on most of Global's stations. ''ET Canada'' is hosted by longtime Global Toronto entertainment host Cheryl Hickey and presented by reporters Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante and Keshia Chanté. ''ETC Live'' is an online show in connection with ET Canada, that airs weekdays via Facebook and YouTube, shot live with expanded coverage of entertainment news. It is an interactive show, allowing viewers to submit commentary as Weston, Chanté and Graeme O'Neil debate topics. In 2021, Global announced the launch of a weekend edition of ''ET Canada;'' this version aired on Saturdays with host Sangita Patel and premiered on 18 September 2021. The weekend edition wasn't renew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Canadian Television Episodes
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
